全球商业人才的大转移.pdfVIP

Thegreatre-routingof

globalbusinesstalent

Whereinternationalstudentswant

togotobusinessschool

2025wasaturbulentyearforgraduatemanagementeducation

(GME),compoundingpersistentchallengesforsomebusiness

schoolsandcreatingnewopportunitiesforothers.Withchanging

governmentpolicies,uncertaineconomicslowdowns,andevolving

candidatepreferences,long-standingtrendsintheflowof

internationaltalentarebeingre-routed.

Thispaperaimstoidentifythelatesttrendsininternationalstudent

mobilityandwhichfactorsareshapingthem.Toexplorethese

questions,wedrawondatafromthemostrecentApplication

TrendsSurveyreportabouttheincomingclassforthe2025-2026

academicyear;fall2025enrollmentdatafromapulsesurvey

conductedviaGMAC’s“SchoolSatisfactionSurvey”fromSeptember

24toOctober17,2025;andfindingsaboutcandidateapplication

plansfromthefullcalendaryearof2025GMACProspective

StudentsSurveyresults.

Thefirstsectionhighlightsthelatestininternationalstudents’

application,enrollment,andconsiderationpatterns.Thesecond

sectiondiscussesthefactorsbehindthesetrends.Ultimately,we

findthatformalstudentvisaandimmigrationpolicies—andtheir

informalsecondaryeffects—aredrivinginternationaltalentaway

fromtraditional,English-speakinghubsofgraduatemanagement

educationacrosseachstageofthestudentapplicationjourney.At

thesametime,macroandinstitution-levelfactorsareincreasing

internationalenrollmentamongprogramsincountriesthatare

seekingtoexpandtheirglobalreach.

GMAC|Thegreatre-routingofglobalbusinesstalent2

GMEapplication,enrollment,andconsiderationtrends

Thelatestcycleofapplicationandenrollmenttrendssignalgrowinginternationalstudent

interestinprogramsacrossEuropeandAsiaasinterestdecline